Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-10-13

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 13
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,743 head
▼ 701 vs last sale 4,444▼ 2,395 vs year ago 6,138 · −39.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 900 to 1000 lbs and heifers 850 to 900 lbs steady. Calves too lightly tested today for comparison. Good to very good demand for many strings, loads, and packages of yearlings. Just like last week, quality varied but many attractive yearlings to choose from. Flesh light to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times, cattle came both off grass and out of yards again this week. Just a couple consignments of spring calves, these were met with mostly moderate demand with best demand seen for a consignment of Red Angus calves. The area received quite a bit of moisture over the weekend and again today which kept most of the spring calves at home. Inches of rain have made for muddy roads and lots and have brought harvest to a halt for now. There is little interest in putting calves into these wet and muddy conditions. An active market for yearlings, moderate at best for calves. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, October 20.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.22/cwt on 2,192 head.
Average price
$156.22
2,192 head · 908 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,419
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$275
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.87
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1871159.911,3921,234
Large 11,028152.891,572704
Medium and Large 1-2758147.501,118254
One grade step is worth $12.42/cwt here — about $275 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2,192 hd
156.22
—
SD average8 barns · 19,414 hd
178.09
−21.87
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

32 lots · USDA AMS · Hub City Livestock Auction - Aberdeen, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 1—1,016141.28/cwt141.00–142.501,43522
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—635135.00/cwt135.00–135.008576
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—795141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,12574
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—885140.17/cwt139.75–140.501,241104
HeifersMedium and Large 1—466150.00/cwt150.00–150.006996
HeifersMedium and Large 1—963141.46/cwt135.00–145.001,362146
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—388152.00/cwt152.00–152.0059010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—958147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,41362
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—465164.00/cwt164.00–164.0076312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—859146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,25430
SteersMedium and Large 1—924160.76/cwt150.50–163.251,485240
SteersMedium and Large 1—393182.00/cwt182.00–182.007156
SteersMedium and Large 1—833155.95/cwt150.00–159.001,299145
SteersMedium and Large 1—880157.87/cwt153.50–159.751,389209
HeifersMedium and Large 1—686151.84/cwt148.50–153.001,04258
HeifersMedium and Large 1—923141.16/cwt138.00–146.501,303224
SteersMedium and Large 1—964159.88/cwt154.50–161.251,541366
SteersMedium and Large 1—521183.00/cwt183.00–183.0095341
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—741144.67/cwt143.50–145.001,072103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—582150.00/cwt150.00–150.0087337
HeifersMedium and Large 1—502144.93/cwt144.00–147.0072829
HeifersMedium and Large 1—764150.13/cwt148.50–154.001,14737
SteersMedium and Large 1—788156.86/cwt152.50–159.501,23677
SteersMedium and Large 1—609170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,03585
HeifersMedium and Large 1—830151.75/cwt144.75–154.501,260125
HeifersMedium and Large 1—392158.91/cwt155.00–162.006239
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—608168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,02164
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—891153.75/cwt153.75–153.751,370120
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—908146.24/cwt141.00–147.001,32865
SteersLarge 1—1,028152.89/cwt147.00–155.251,572704
HeifersMedium and Large 1—722145.81/cwt142.00–149.001,05341
HeifersMedium and Large 1—876149.35/cwt143.50–150.501,308203

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.